Fire-kindler



W. A. WHITE.

PIRE KINDLBR.

(No Mode-1.)

No. 439,767. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

Suva/wko@ @WW1/Lesmo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM A. VHITE, OF STAATSBURG, NEW YORK.

FIRE-KINDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,767, dated November 4, 1890.

Application tiled May 6, 1890. Serial No. 350,815. (No specimens.)

.To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Staatsburg, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Fire-Kindlers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in ire-kindlers, or packages for lighting hardcoal fires; and the object sought to be accomplished is to produce a cheap article made up of waste Inaterial,which will more thoroughly accomplish its work and one which can be more safely transported than those heretofore 1n use.

With these ends in view myinvention consists in the arrangement of parts and combination of ingredients, more fully set forth hereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of' my complete article; Fig. 2, a similar view with the cover or wrapper removed,and Fig. 3 a transverse section.

I employ anumber of strips of wood A,wl1ich have been kiln-dried and thoroughly soaked in oil, and these form a cylindrical shell or casing, (a suitable space being left between each one,) within which is placed the compound B, which will now be described, and around which the strips are bound by cords O. This compound consists of thirty parts of good dry wood sawdust, thirty (30) parts of resin, thirty (30) parts of cannel or bituminous coal about the size of pea-coal, and ten (l0) parts of crude coal-oil. These ingredients are mixed together and the composition placed in a kettle and warmed sufficiently to melt the resin, when the mass of matter can be rolled up into the shape desired, and in this case is made into long cylindrical rolls and inserted in the bore of the wood strips. The roll does not, however, 'extend entirely to each end of the shell; but a space is left in which is stuffed eXcelsior or other dry shavings D, which will adhere to the roll, and thus remain in place.

The resin serves to hold the composition together and render it non-friable, at the same time acting as an intiammable agent, and the coal-oil also serves thislatter purpose. The sawdust isintroduced as an absorbent for the resin and oil, and the cannel or bituminous small coal insures a quick, strong, and lasting heat.

The whole bundleis inclosed in a tire-proof wrapper E, which renders the transportation of the article safe and accidental ignition impossible. For the purpose of making this wrapper readily removable, I provide a wire F,which runs beneath and is bent down over the bundle at one end; but the loop at the opposite end projects from the wrapper and can be used to tear it open.

To ignite the bundle in starting the fire, a match is applied to the excelsior shavings in the end, and by them the fire is conveyed to the interior roll, which will continue to burn until the hard coal is thoroughly ignited, the

cannel coal in the bundle burning and giving out heata sufficient time to accomplish this, while the wood strips prevent it from falling through the grate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a irekindling bundle consisting of a roll of inflammable compound inclosed by strips of wood and a fire-proof wrapper surrounding the bundle to render it non-ignitible, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. WHITE. Witnesses:

JOHN HACKETT, ALLIsEN BUTTS. 

